Published on Jan 21, 2014
President
Barack Obama's speech proposing major reforms to the National Security
Agency on Friday did little to sway public opinion towards the NSA, a
new Pew Research Center poll shows. Of those surveyed who had heard
about the speech, 73 percent said the proposed reforms will have no
effect on people's privacy, and 79 percent said the reforms won't make
it more difficult for the government to fight terrorism. RT's Meghan
Lopez talks to political commentator Sam Sacks, who recently wrote an
op-ed about the speech for RT.com, about Americans' reactions to Obama's
proposals that would reform the secretive spy agency.Find RT America in your area: http://rt.com/where-to-watch/
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Half of Americans unaware of Obama’s proposed changes to NSA surveillance - poll
Published time: January 20, 2014 22:58
In a highly anticipated speech last Friday, Obama said that the NSA would continue to collect metadata on millions of Americans, but the agency would need a judge’s approval and would also have to turn the information over to a third party instead of storing it in the NSA’s databases.
A poll conducted by the Pew Research Center and USA Today has found that Obama’s speech, which came after an intelligence review board recommended the NSA discontinue the collection of phone metadata immediately, did little to change their opinion.
Of the 1,504 adults polled between January 15 and 19, half said they had heard nothing about the President’s proposed changes and another 41 percent said they only heard “a little bit.” A mere eight percent said they heard a lot about potential changes.
Researchers also found that fewer US citizens are in favor of the agency’s mass surveillance than when Edward Snowden first leaked classified documents in June of last year.
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